The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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Page 26
... kind , By culture tam'd , by liberty refresh'd , And all her fruits by radiant truth matur'd . War and the chase engross the savage whole ; War follow'd for revenge , or to supplant The envied tenants of some happier spot : The chase ...
... kind , By culture tam'd , by liberty refresh'd , And all her fruits by radiant truth matur'd . War and the chase engross the savage whole ; War follow'd for revenge , or to supplant The envied tenants of some happier spot : The chase ...
Page 64
... kind ? True , I am no proficient , I confess , In arts like yours . I cannot call the swift And perilous lightnings from the angry clouds , And bid them hide themselves in earth beneath ; I cannot analyse the air , nor catch The ...
... kind ? True , I am no proficient , I confess , In arts like yours . I cannot call the swift And perilous lightnings from the angry clouds , And bid them hide themselves in earth beneath ; I cannot analyse the air , nor catch The ...
Page 67
... kind to the poor brutes We persecute , annihilate the tribes , That draw the sportsman over hill and dale Fearless and rapt away from all his cares ; Should never game - fowl hatch her eggs again , Nor baited hook deceive the fish's eye ...
... kind to the poor brutes We persecute , annihilate the tribes , That draw the sportsman over hill and dale Fearless and rapt away from all his cares ; Should never game - fowl hatch her eggs again , Nor baited hook deceive the fish's eye ...
Page 76
... kind offices , ( and who Would spare , that loves them , offices like these ? ) Well they reward the toil . The sight is pleas'd , The scent regal'd , each odorit'rous leaf , Each op'ning blossom , freely breathes abroad It's gratitude ...
... kind offices , ( and who Would spare , that loves them , offices like these ? ) Well they reward the toil . The sight is pleas'd , The scent regal'd , each odorit'rous leaf , Each op'ning blossom , freely breathes abroad It's gratitude ...
Page 77
William Cowper. So manifold , all pleasing in their kind , All healthful , are th ' employs of rural life , Reiterated as the wheel of time Runs round ; still ending , and beginning still . Nor are these all . To deck the shapely knoll ...
William Cowper. So manifold , all pleasing in their kind , All healthful , are th ' employs of rural life , Reiterated as the wheel of time Runs round ; still ending , and beginning still . Nor are these all . To deck the shapely knoll ...
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